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• Posted Jan. 26, 2014, 8 a.m. - 10 years, 9 months ago

A Look at the Sinclair ZX80

1980 bought us the Sinclair ZX80, offering the first computer with a price tag of less than £100, made by …

• Posted Jan. 3, 2014, 9 a.m. - 10 years, 10 months ago

Historic Apple Launches throughout January

With the New Year proving a popular choice for Apple when planning the announcement and launch of new additions to …

• Posted Jan. 1, 2014, 8 a.m. - 10 years, 10 months ago

Happy Birthday Hewlett Packard

On the 1^st January 1939, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded a …

• Posted Dec. 26, 2013, 10:13 a.m. - 10 years, 10 months ago

Charles Babbage’s Mechanical Computers

Today, December 26th, marks 222 years since Charles Babbage was born in London, and little did his parents know that …

• Posted Dec. 22, 2013, 8 a.m. - 10 years, 10 months ago

Tommy Flowers and The Colossus

Tommy Flowers

Born: 22 December 1905

Died: 28 October 1998

Profession: Engineer

Nationality: British

Engineer Thomas Flowers (“Tommy”) was born …

• Posted Dec. 9, 2013, 9 a.m. - 10 years, 10 months ago

Anniversary of the Gore Bill

Today marks the anniversary of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (HPCA) or Gore Bill as it is commonly …

• Posted Dec. 3, 2013, 4:45 p.m. - 10 years, 11 months ago

Events in Computing History – December

December 2^nd

Year: 1991

Event: Apple QuickTime was first released

Interesting Facts:

• The first ever release of QuickTime, which …

• Posted Nov. 20, 2013, 1:18 p.m. - 10 years, 11 months ago

Happy Anniversary Microsoft Windows 1.0

November 20th 1985 marks the 28th Anniversary of the release of Windows 1.0, Microsoft’s first version of an …

• Posted Nov. 5, 2013, 1 p.m. - 10 years, 12 months ago

Events in Computing History – November

November 1^st

Year: 1979

Event: Seagate Technology (then known as Shugart Technology) incorporated

Interesting Facts:

• Seagate may have its …

• Posted Nov. 2, 2013, 1:11 p.m. - 10 years, 12 months ago

The Life & Times of George Boole

With November proving a significant month for events in computing history, we reflect on the life of George Boole, a …